CONTENTS ii 



EXCRETION continued VAGK 



The urine in disease ----- 392 



Secretion of urine .... - 396 



Theories of renal secretion - - 400 



Influence of the circulation on the secretion of ur ne - 409 



Micturition - - - 4M 



Diuretics - - 4M 



Excretion by the skin .... 417 



CHAPTER VII. 



METABOLISM, NUTRITION AND DIETETICS - -43 



Metabolism of proteids ... 436 



Formation of urea - - - 43& 



Metabolism of carbo-hydrates glycogen - - 446 



Diabetes - . - 451 



Metabolism of fat - - 453 



Income and expenditure of the body - - 459 



Nitrogenous equilibrium 4 



Laws of nitrogenous metabolism ... 466 



Carbon equilibrium - 47 



The oxygen deficit - - 472 



Inorganic salts in metabolism - 473 

 Dietetics - - - - -475 



Stimulants - - - 481 



Internal secretion ... - - 482 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ANIMAL HEAT 

 Calorimetry 

 Heat-loss - 

 Heat-production 

 Seats of heat-production 

 Thermotaxis 



49 i 

 493 

 496 

 498 

 501 

 505 



Fever 



Distribution of heat - - - 5 T 9 



Temperature topography 5 21 



CHAPTER IX. 



MUSCLE - - 53 2 



Physical introduction - - 53 2 



Physical properties of muscle - 547 



Stimulation of muscle - - 549 



The muscular contraction - 554 



Optical phenomena of (and structure of muscle) - 554 



Mechanical phenomena of - 559 



Influence of fatigue on - - 566 



Voluntary contraction ... - 576 



Thermal phenomena of - - - - 57$ 



Chemical phenomena of - 581 



Source of the energy of muscular contraction - - 583 



Rigor mortis '5^5 



CHAPTER X. 



NERVE - 59 



The nerve-impulse ; its initiation and conduction - - 592 



Stimulation of nerve - 593 



